Found in Kankakee’s Daily Journal, this column by former State Rep., University of Illinois Professor and Illinois State government department Director Jijm Edgar is reprinted with person of author Jim Nolan: If court won’t change, change the court The Illinois … Continue reading
Category Archives: Thomas Kilbride
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No big surprise here. Mike Madigan poured big money to elect Justice Thomas Kilbride over a decade ago. He won what was a Republican district. Republicans counter-attacked in the southern most district and took it away from St. Clair County … Continue reading
Ten years ago respected Republican State Senator Carl Hawkinson from the Peoria area narrowly lost a bid for the Illinois Supreme Court to a trial lawyer named Thomas Kilbride. It gave complete control of the highest level of the state’s … Continue reading